SOLUTION: A boy flying a kite lets out 180ft of string. If the height of the kite is 80ft, what is it's angle of elevation from the ground?

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Question 881345: A boy flying a kite lets out 180ft of string. If the height of the kite is 80ft, what is it's angle of elevation from the ground?
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A boy flying a kite lets out 180ft of string. If the height of the kite is 80ft, what is it's [sic] angle of elevation from the ground?
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Sine of the angle = 80/180
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